Farmington High School Musicians Receive Scholarships

The Farmington Friends of Music and the Alexander Franklin Foundation recently awarded scholarships to Farmington High School musicians.

The Franklin Foundation awards two scholarships to graduating seniors each year at FHS. The recipients this year are Benjamin Johnston and Chirag Sikka. Both candidates exemplify the qualities necessary for the Alexander Franklin Scholarship which are scholarship, leadership and involvement in music and sports. This fall, Chirag Sikka attends the University of North Carolina and Benjamin Johnston attends the University of Maryland.

The Farmington Friends of Music is a nonprofit organization which supports music in the schools. Recently the following students received scholarships from this organization: Benjamin Aube, Katie Byrne, Sarah Tritman, and Tricia Wong. Each recipient plans to pursue music as a career in the future. Benjamin Aube and Tricia Wong will attend the University of Connecticut as music education majors. Sarah Tritman will attend the University of Vermont with a double major in music and sociology. Katie Byrne is a rising senior at FHS who completed a Capstone Project as a junior in music education.

Photos courtesy of Leslie Imse: Benjamin Johnston in Washington, DC on a music department trip; Chirag Sikka with Morgan St. James performing with Madrigal Singers at the Wadsworth Atheneum; Benjamin Aube as OZ in FHS production of the Wizard of OZ with Jonathan Hammond the Lion; Sarah Tritman; Katie Byrne; Tricia Wong after the FHS Winter Concert with Thomas Johnston, FHS Band Director and Priscilla Back.